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- On January 27 1970, Margaret Court won the Australian Open and embarked on a campaign that saw her achieve a calendar Grand Slam. Watch her story in ‘Margaret Court: 50 years of Grand Slam history.
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Court’s slam in 1970 followed Laver’s in 1969: shows the depth of Australia’s tennis talent of the day
Sticks and stones may break my bones,but names will never hurt me.As a gay person I can rise above the veiws of a lady i dont know personally, AND celebrate her achievements and the hours of pleasure I spent watching her in my youth.Thank you for the memories I choose to remember
Congregations on your tolerance. She on the other hand thinks you are disgusting, & that you deserve to go to hell. Never mind though, as long as you enjoyed her tennis that's what's important.
well done, gavin. you are a true beacon of light with the ability to rise above what she has said. it says a lot about your character, and a healthy perspective on life, that you can do so. all the best to you.
@@zivkovicable She has never said gays are disgusting. She has said that gays will go to hell. But not just gays, but anyone who has not received Jesus as their saviour - big difference.
Good for you that is the quintessential example of tolerance that is rare in today's world.
@@SwingTheDoor You are correct. The Emirati government are another bunch of religious loons, & Tennis Australia should have nothing to do with them.
It's not a question of whether Serena would beat Margaret or Martina or Billie Jean at their peak- it's the huge record of singles and doubles titles you hold from your era- Court is truly the greatest female tennis player of all time with her huge number of titles
BUT more than half of the 24 occurred before the Open Era when most players do not train full time as they are not paid to win matches, which compromise the quality of tennis then ... thats one of the reasons why she was usually NOT named as the top female tennis player of all time ...
88feji dumb argument as you can only play in your own era. Her winning percentage is the highest. She won a calendar singles grand slam , 2 x mixed doubles grand slams and won every grand slam title twice. 12 times as an amateur. Gave up for 2 years ( how many titles could she have won) then won them all again as a professional. The GOAT.
@@88feji It's assumed that you didn't watch the part (did you watch any part?) of the documentary which told you about Margaret Court's training regime many years before the start of the Open Era. On reflection do you think that it had anything whatsoever to do with her success in annexing so many Grand Slam titles or would any other players have denied her that success if they had demonstrated the same or greater commitment?
No, she's not. She won 11 Oz singles titles ( I won't even get into doubles & and mixed doubles titles) when players couldn't afford to take the boat ride or plane trip over to play in the event. They were amateurs & not paid any $. Oz had such trouble attracting foreign players that this Grand Slam struggled to get even 32 players in the event, rather than the customary 128. Many times it was almost all Australian ladies playing, due to that fact. Margaret also benefited because Billie Jean only played there in 1965 (while still a part-time player, going to college full time & holding down a full time job to pay her tuition as well), winning the singles championship in 1968 (defeating Margaret in the final 6/1/6/2), & being runner-up in 1969 to Court by 6/4.6-1). So, Court was free to win Oz titles just by signing her name to enter the tournament. Roland Garros was similar. Court played at the event since 1961. BJK was not ALLOWED to play there by the US(L)TA until she was the #1 player in the world in 1968. There were two competing circuits at the time, a grass court & a clay court circuit, which ran concurrently with each other. BJK was assigned to the grass court events, & Nancy Richey the clay court events. Again, more free Grand Slam titles for Margaret. Finally, she lost her first ever meeting to a nobody named Billie Jean Moffit in the first round of Wimbledon in 1962 by 1/6,6/3,7/5. Margaret then defeated Billie nine consecutive times without the loss of a single set. In there last 24 matches their head to head was dead even 12-12, to end the rivalry at 21-13 Margaret.
@@TheVerbalVolley You seem very confused. Either Court is not an all-time great or she was invincible. Which one is it? I agree that her tally was inflated by the Oz champs/open. But she did have an overwhelming h2h over all of her rivals when playing them in her prime. I regard her as being behind the group of Evert, Navratilova, Serena, Graf (though Graf was fortunate to have a deranged fan take Seles out at a time when Seles had just won 7 of her last 8 slams and seemingly dispatching Graf with ease....; and Serena had no 'great' rivals)
A truly great champion. Though I'm an atheist and don't believe in fairies, she's entirely entitled to her opinions and it doesn't detract from her astonishing resume.
She is the empowerment of women 🫶
Ma'am, you are a true inspiration and to this day the greatest tennis star of all time. God bless you.
the greatest tennis champion , male or female of all time... GOAT.
Wow. What a great story, what a champion. Australia has to be proud for having one of the greatest athletes of all time.
🎾= Even in my early youth years, somehting told me, some how, I favored / Iliked the Australian people.Very proud of you Margaret Cort, and the rest of the Australian sport achevers & citizens. - ✝ + 🎾 = ❤
Margaret Court is a true tennis legend.
Legend all right...but homophobic
@@oscarstory I wouldn't describe her as 'homophobic'. She's just preaching God's word.
@@oscarstoryThere is no such thing as “homophobic”!… She just tells it like it is!
You can choose to not think being homophobic is defined as homophobic but she is, by definition, homophobic
What a legend australian people must be proud of her
Her tennis was worthy of being proud, her opinions, which have nothing to do with tennis and have always been offensive, not so proud.
@@soozt828 ok I dont know a thing about that, but she certainly is a living legend when she die youre gonna miss her
@@claudiov5554 No I certainly will not.
@Publius She is no champion of diversity....she is absolutely the opposite. Coming from such humble beginnings, as she did, has certainly not given her the gift of humility....she has zilch.
@@soozt828 she just hates gays soozie! I hope you're not gay soozie 👍👍👍
Margaret Court deserve to be honor for her great gift and talent. Her Triumph that inspires many young generation of tennis players in Australia and the world.
Margaret Smith-Court claim 24th grand slam at 31 years old...
Excellent player and great woman. She has every right to her views; she is not committing any crimes. It should be known, too, that she actively tries to help people regardless of their race or sexual orientation. She gets up early and gives food to the homeless. Unlike these big mouth left fools who's only activity is to condemn people on social media who have a different opinion than them. And McEnroe and Navratilova should shut their mouths, and be thoroughly disciplined for their little stunt.
@Publius Sure, they have every right to their views, that's fine. But, they are visitors to this country. And then they have the audacity to tell Australia what to do and how to think. If anyone of us did what they did (jumping on a court and staging a protest without permission) we would have been banned from the Australia Open. I personally think they are both fools, but, sure, they have their right to voice their opinion-- but only in the proper context.
Martina Navratilova is a far greater person than Margaret Court ... she bravely stood up against her oppressive home country by defecting to the US, enduring the torment of not seeing her beloved family for many many long years ... she's one of the earliest top sports person to proudly self profess as a gay person and even filed lawsuits on behalf of the gay community ...
I believe if there is anyone qualified to criticise Court, Martina would be the first .. Court should pay the price for taking the stance that she took in the past for which she never apologised for .. Stadiums welcome all races and gay people too, by that it should not be named after her..
I agree An Lace.
What she thinks does not wipe out her tennis record. It's a tennis court for a tennis record, if it was in public mall or similar. Then that would count her outside view.
She has tarnished her own record by using her tennis fame to compare gays to nazis and to support apartheid. No one has tarnished her record except for herself.
dig deep enough with most people you will find something objectionable
for example, and since McEnroe and King have been very vocal in their criticism of Court, Mt Rushmore in the US is seen as a shrine to democracy but two of the four presidents depicted were slave owners... does that mean only Abe and Teddy should remain on said monument?
how about a more recent sporting example... should the grief and remembrances for Kobe Bryant now be tempered because of the rape allegation from 2003 and Bryant's admission that although he believed the encounter was consensual, the young woman clearly did not... in fact, should he have had his jerseys retired in view of that admission when he finished his career
ultimately, Margaret Court was being honoured because she is a champion of tennis and rightfully so as she had an immense career and leave it at that
otherwise, we would also have to talk about Serena threatening to kill a lines judge in '09 and cheating in '18 at the US Open, hall of famer Karl Malone impregnating a 13 year old girl and then not recognising his child, a 19 year old girl dying as a result of a drug overdose in Gary Ablett Sr's hotel room, Shane Warne taking a banned substance, Warne and Mark Waugh taking money from a bookmaker, Agassi's drug taking and subsequently lying about a spiked drink, thousands cheering for Kyrgios in Melbourne after he had previously shamed Donna Vekic, admitted tanking, and abusing fans and umpires etc.
Well excuse me all you ultra prejudiced politically correct types, but Margaret Court is a real Aussie champion sportswoman and deserves an Australia Day honour. I stand to be corrected, though I know I am not wrong in innocently believing such Australia Day Awards are given to Australians who have excelled somehow as citizens. And not for their political views. Like seems to be the new order in this politically correct era. Keep feminist, racist, LGBT etc type political correctness right out of Aussie sport and don't let all this politically correct muck splatter all over our Aussie flag that needs to fly high, proud, clean and honest not just on Australia Day but every single day. Just like great sportspeople like her flew high and rose above the rest of the mediocre dross who envy such people and seek to cut the down as tall poppies. Such mediocrity and need to cut down high achievers is one of our not so endearing national characteristics . Politics and especially political correctness in any shape or form simply does not belong in any sporting arena or performing arts venue. Keep it in places where politicians fight it out eg Parliament etc . But, really, it shouldn't even be there, either. It shouldn't be at all. It is destroying our nation, our entire society and spreading worse than Covid and infesting the whole globe. Which is why everyday people must not allow themselves to be hoodwinked by its vacuous promises, like is going on in the US right now, though, hopefully not too long, as they begin to wake up to what is really going on there when the honeymoon phase of their new political regime is over and everyday folk see what it's really all about and become extremely angry about it and do something about it. . . And fight to completely anhihilate it forever, with no hope of it ever regenerating. Crush it completely, no matter what it takes to win this important battle. Follow the example of great sportspeople like her and fight to win. It can and should be done. A moral obligation to do it.
Joe mate I read your comment many times. Your each and every word is like gold and so so true about the all time tennis genius. Australia is so so so lucky to have such a great tennis 🎾 player born in their soil. She cried in this video saying there is something to play for your country. These stupid idiots who pass judgement on her based on her political views are so shallow and such losers, these negative commenting losers cannot hit one return in a tennis match and they don't deserve even to be a part time cleaner in tennis courts.
Why no one ever talks about the fact that Serena Williams is a Jeovah's Witness, which is a very homophobic religion?
What a great Champion Margaret Court is.
What a disgrace channel 9 is for not showing the ceremony live on tv.
What a disgrace Tennis Australia is for not allowing Margaret to speak during the ceremony.
True great people like Margaret Court will receive their reward not in this life, but in the next.
Margaret Court speaks the truth against tyranny.
She’s tougher than any of those who criticise her.
Thank you from Germany!
I mean, her stats (even Open Era only) is really incredible. And in fact, she was also Grand Slam champion during motherhood where she didn't have all the rank protection whatsoever that current women enjoyed in WTA so it even made her more remarkable.
But yeah, she's not the model citizen by general media with her views but achievement wise on court, she's unmatchable (64 GS, complete Career Slam in singles, women's doubles and mixed doubles, even Martina which is also very great and encountered massive changes in tennis in terms of its game style and equipment which requires her to adjust a lot is only close to that number, 59 GS in total if I'm not mistaken)
+Ichsan Nurzaman
But only 11 of her 24 singles grand slams are won during the Open Era, which dilutes her achievements greatly ..
You must take into account that players participating in majors before Open Era were not training full time seriously because they earn little to no money for competing, they could not make a living from competing so the motivation for training seriously hard full time is very much less than after the Open Era, that makes the achievements during the Open Era more recognised than before ...
As such her 24 slams (and 64 including doubles and mixed) have an esterisk to the number .. its not as great as it seems ..
88feji bullshit. Rewriting history. You can only beat players of your era. Check the players she beat whilst an amateur. Some of the best in the world came to the Aussie Open despite what is spruiked today. She also didn’t have the incredible advantages of today’s players so you can’t have it both ways.
@@88feji It would be interesting (we hope!) to read your perspective on the Grand Slam singles titles won by Margaret Court in the Open Era. Eight out of nine won between January 1969 and January 1971 and a further three won in 1973 after the birth of her first child. How on earth did she manage to make such a seamless transition to Open Era tennis after competing against unmotivated part-timers for so many years before that? We hope for an explanation.
@@andrewcameron1346 I looked at all the discussion on who is the best ever player etc, and saw all this talk of all the top players didn't travel to Australia in those days. But if you look at the actual facts, the top players were indeed playing there. Margaret Court also won the calendar Grand Slam in the Open Era and was still winning tournaments up to her retirement. Had she been an American, and I say this as an American, I bet there would have been no discussion as to who is the so called GOAT!
@@stevebaker6149 Agreed. The GOAT. Highest win %. Grand Slam Boxed Set. Won everything as an amateur, retired for a year ( what could she have won?), then came back and won it all again as a professional. Retired to have her fourth child.
A true lady, a faithful Christian, a fair dinkum Australian. God bless you Margaret Court!!
A true Christian would never compare gay people to nazis and would not support apartheid. The objections to Ms Court are not based on her religious views but hate speech. It is right and proper for Christians to reject the language she has used
@@andrewsoxster8366 She compared gay right ACTIVISTS to Nazis, not homosexuals. Like those gay right activists who say we all must believe what they believe, or we shall be marginalized.
Anyone who compares people to Nazis deserves no respect. It’s entirely consistent to argue people have the right to say things and to say that someone is a terrible person for doing so. Terrible, classless, lacking grace and impolite. Sure - she can compare people to Nazis and we can compare her to decent people and find her lacking.
@@andrewsoxster8366 People like you are trying to urge everyone to have your opinion - like fascists! You should learn what toleration in political issues mean!
@@GottdieEhre Your comment was badly worded and incomprehensible. Are you suggesting that we should tolerate fascist views? Are you suggesting that we should respect people like Ms Court who don’t merely voice their opinion but try to shape government legislation to prevent people from acting in accordance with their beliefs. Ms Court is like a radical vegetarian who doesn’t want other people to eat meat, or a fundamentalist who didn’t believe in eating pork and wants to deny people that choice. She is a sad individual who wants to deny other people the ability to make their own choices. To be very clear - Ms Court can have her own beliefs and life her life in accordance with them. When she starts to try and deny others the ability to live their lives in accordance with their believes then she has become the very worst sort of person.
Love you Margaret!! You are amazing!!!! Ignore all the hate ❤️❤️❤️❤️
Agreed
Jermano Mayfield.....She is the one putting forth all the hate not the other way around.
She has made comments comparing gay people to Nazis and supporting apartheid..... I think we can conclude her comments constitute hate speech.
This is what Margaret Court said about South Africa & Apartheid when it was active in 1970: "South Africans have this thing better organised than any other country, particularly America."
Contemptible
@@davidbrislin1126 Yes, agree. And the notion that Margaret Court can somehow be separated from her public statements and celebrated just as "the tennis player" is ridiculous. Love the AO but they must be roundly condemned for this.
Absolutely! It's the cultural forces in Aus that allow this sort of thing to happen, unfortunately. Years ago when the right wing Australian media (Murdoch, Fairfax, etc) was manic in its obsession with Kyrgios, it saw no problem with promoting the opinion of other racist former sports stars like Dawne Fraser, saying that 'he should go back to where his parents came from'. In Australia it's not acceptable to talk back to a chair umpire, but if you're an unapologetic racist or otherwise bigot who happens to have won a slam or an Olympic medal, then no worries!
@4browsing Yeeah, those are a lot words that you're trying to put in my mouth as well as that of BD. Some pretty out there false equivalence, too. I didn't think Serena's attitude at the US Open v Osaka was good, or at all warranted, really. But it's hardly on par with saying you support a vicious, segragationist government like South Africa under apartheid and being perrenially publically homophobic with the aim of keeping the rights of lbtiq folks limited. I suppose the NK thing comes into the realm of belief of any political ideology's version of political correctness; 'I can't say x, anymore.' Quite right; he can do those things and generally do them again. You don't reckon his family copping racial or otherwise abuse is a pretty steep price to pay for that, though? That isn't even mentioning that he DIDN'T get away with that; copping the largest atp fine in history and is still on 'probation' of sorts. Hell, even Serena copped a point penalty. No such comparable slap on the wrist for Court when her behaviour is dramatically worse
@4browsing Mate. Hugo Chavez's policies? Is that for you anything in the realm of policies that centre-left government's advocate? Can you be more specific? For someone who decries political correctness, you seem to be getting a lot of your political talking points from the inversion of woke twitter. It's hilarious to me that the whole point of the 'anti-politcal correctness' movement is just the imposition of another kind of political correctness. And yeah, I do disagree with King on that one! I told her so when I and the rest of the amorphously labelled 'left' had our monthly meet and greet at the NWO world domination planning committee at George Soros' compound. I'll give her and the rest of the hollywood stars, who are all my close personal friends, your regards!
How on earth does Serena winning 2 more make her better than Margaret Court. Court won 64 grand slams including doubles and mixed doubles. Serena has 39 by the same measure. Yes the doubles and mixed is less competitive than the singles, but Court was playing in and winning all 3 forms at the same tournament. She would literally be winning a singles title on same day as doubles and mixed or a day later, yet her singles final opponents were just playing singles, knocked out of doubles in early rounds. The level above her peers that Court had during her era was head and shoulders above what Williams has achieved, and Williams picking up 2 more doesn't change that.
Open era is a different game Margaret Court won majority of her grandslams pre open era against amateurs and the depth in the game cant even be compared to today .Many tennis analyst including Chris Evert and other tennis players who surely knows more than you said that Courts record is not even close to what Serena has achieved .Nevertheless Court was a great player and a legend herself
She won't. She's stuck at 23 - I'd say that's where it finishes.
@@marknorris1381 If she had not become pregnant, Serena would definitely have passed Margaret in terms of GS singles titles won. I was actually upset when I read that she was pregnant after she won Oz, because I knew what it meant. Prior to that, she was winning virtually everything she entered.
@@TheVerbalVolley maybe so, but Court herself had time off to be a mother, and she came back after having her first child to win 3 of the 4 grand slam singles titles in 1973. She had as much interruption/time on the sideline as Williams due to that, she sat out 4 grand slam tournaments in 71/72 due to this when she was dominating e.g. she won 11 of 16 tournaments she played in from 69 - 73, open era. I think it's a fair chance she could have picked up 2 of the 4 tournaments she didn't play because of this. Personally I think it won't matter in the long run anyway because I think Djokovic will pass both Court and Williams, highest number male or female.
@@cosmicarcher3679 yeah but she did dominate in the open era as well. She won 11 of 16 grand slam singles tournaments she played in 69 - 73, motherhood interrupted/brought it to a close but even then she still managed to win 3 of 4 grand slam singles tournaments in 1973 after having her first child. I think given what she showed in this period it should be enough of a demonstration, but to biased people it won't be. Yes, people like Billie Jean King, Evert and Martina have talked her down and they do know more than the average lay person as you say, but they are also human beings with bias - no different to Mr Average. I think they just don't like her for obvious reasons. What you said also alluded to Court not achieving the same level in the open era as pre open, and that is just not correct.
Well done, Margaret 👏👏
She is a true Aussie legend on & off tennis court.
She is still the one to beat - 24 GSs.
Well, most of Court's grand slams were not in the Open era. But more importantly... who do u think would really win if Serena faced Margaret ?
@@ralph7545 prime serena v prime margaret - margaret hands down... and open era is totally irrelevant. Margaret won the Grand Slam 1970 (all 4 GS)
@@ralph7545 In what circumstances? With wooden racquets? Serena would lose easily.
@@ritapita1126 That is maybe the most ridiculous thing I've ever read
Her accomplishments cannot be matched 64 GrandSlams that is insane . Common AO people accept the person for her achievement rather than religious views
Margaret Court 24 forever.
I like freedom of speech. I can't accept people taking her name down for politics. She is the GOAT Australian women's tennis player. And she holds record 24 grand slams.
Amazing achievements in tennis from Margaret Court! For those who don't agree with her viewpoints....too bad, so sad. Cry me a river. She is entitled to her opinions.
So you support her comparing gay people to Nazis and her positive comments in relation to apartheid? You don’t think that goes beyond what is considered appropriate?
It's interesting that she mentions her dad had an alcohol problem. The children of alcoholics often end up having a lot of emotional damage. I think it probably explains how she immersed herself in religion as a young child.
lol, u cant judge that, many people immerse themselves in religion from a young age
So people that are 'immersed in religion' have a lot of emotional damage? and need help, and people that aren't religious are fit and proper? sureee
@@MegaMOUNDS Amazing word twisting
@@turnerturnerturner Yeah I know, right?
Magritte 24 Grand Slam titles Only Novak Djokovic will break this mark
Great tennis player, now a victim of free speech warriors that believe all free speech should agree with their free speech.
it's the ignorance behind it people are judging her for.
@Publius you're missing the point. me not believing in the bible isn't an issue for contention, just like someone believing in it doesn't bother me in the slightest. there is no grey area in old woman, who has lived all her life adhering to the bible and it's beliefs, projecting her opinion on something she doesn't understand because a two thousand year old book is telling her how to think.
@@MrBadintentionss Well said👍👍
@@soozt828 thankyou susan. been paying attention to your terrific comments too today. keep up the good work!
Margaret Court is a champion, she is a great role model. God bless.
Margaret Court is the greatest womens tennis player of all time!!! Her records will never break!!!!!
Record??? Half her slams were against part time hairdressers 😂😂😂😂
@@minisurfbanana 24
@@minisurfbanana hey surfie , she just hates gays ! I hope your not gay surfie 😅😅😅
It is amusing that Australian Tennis does not want to celebrate Margaret Court's achievements. Also, people like McEnroe and Navratilova protested her. This is ironic seeing that Tennis Australia and tennis stars around the world are taking money from Emirates. McEnroe and Navratilova themselves have probably received money from Emirates. Homosexuality is banned in the Emirates. They also receive floggings and jail time if they are lucky. So the activists go after a soft target who would feed homosexuals if they came to her for food. Seems pretty cowardly and hypocritical to attack an old lady on one hand but at the same time stick your other hand out to the Emirates who really do oppress homosexuals.
So you can show that Navratilova or McEnroe have taken money from the Emirates? i'm sure Tennis Australia have, they have also honoured margaret Court, & should be ashamed of both. Court supports the Christian version if Sharia.
zivkovicable The Christian version of Sharia - very funny indeed. There is nothing shameful about not agreeing with same sex marriage. I don’t agree with it and am not ashamed.
"McEnroe and Navratilova themselves have probably received money from Emirates." Do you have any evidence, at all? It's fair to point out Tennis Australia's complicity in this regard, but the conflation with McEnroe and Navratilova, without evidence, to somehow defend Margaret Court is ridiculous. Rather it provides further justification as to why Tennis Australia needs to reform their actions and relationships: cease the Emirates sponsorship and rename the 2nd arena.
B D Can you prove they have never received any money from Emirates? Also, seeing that they are virtue warriors, the fact that they are silent about the sponsorship connection makes them complicit or just hypocrites.
@@TuanBule This isn't a court of law but you are familiar with the generally accepted principle of "innocent until proven guilty" right? You're the one making the assertion of guilt. Prove it, if you seek any credibility for the argument. For that matter, where's the evidence for your other assertion just made: "the fact that they are silent about the sponsorship connection"? When have they been asked, specifically?
The GOAT. Best Tennis player of all time either sex. Has the Grand Slam Boxed Set x 2. Generally played all 3 competitions at GS’s. A far cry from today and don’t believe the bs about how she beat nobodies at the Australian Open. Some idiots would like to rewrite history and downplay Courts achievements. Don’t stand for it. She stood out of tennis for 2 years in her absolute prime so how many titles could she have won?
Margaret Court had won many of her Grand Slams tennis wins well before the open era of tennis (1968) when tennis club players were more like members of country clubs and golf club. The open era started in 1968, when the best players started playing the Grand Slams championship trophies. In 1970 she had won all Grand Slams.
You are the greatest female tennis player ever in fact the greatest female athlete ever
A primed Margaret would still make the semis @ Wimbeldon in today's game.
GOAT OF WOMEN TENNIS!
🏆INDEED, MARGARET COURT IS, THE ULTIMATE PERFECTION OF WOMEN'S TENNIS. - IN OTHERS NAMES, THAN YOU MARGARET, THE ISPIRATIONS FOR THE GAME OF TENNIS, TO THE YOUTHS AROUND THE WORLD.🏆
1969 Laver then 1970 Mighty Maggie.
Margaret Court. A brilliant and great Australian.. She is a worthy recipient the highest accolades..
😂
Margaret court simply awesome ALIEN
Well she's nicknamed ET!!!! Lol
Legend.
It doesn't matter what the cancel culture tries to destroy her, the good people will remember her for what she's done.
Alexander Kings. Good people aren't so cruel.....She has every right to her opinions as we all are...nothing else.....they are just her opinions. She has no right to be pushing her religion and what she interprets are her religions rules re same sex relationships. Quite frankly, who cares what she thinks....she was a famous acclaimed tennis player, nothing else....She is not judge or jury on homosexuality....she should not have even been given an audience on this...Keep your religious views to yourself and yours Margaret.
@@soozt828 she's not pushing her religion on anyone. Those are flat out lies
Absolutely right. Cancel culture is ridiculous. Praying for Margaret Court ❤️❤️❤️
Where has she pushed her views onto anyone? As far as I have seen she has just expressed her views, which you claim to support people’s right to do.
@@eizyaws Yes she is, totally... and in a public forum, in the name of her religion. I'd love to ask her a question....What would she have done if one of her children had been gay? Or maybe I'll ask any one of you who are commenting here defending her behaviour....What would you do if your son or daughter came to you and told you they were gay?
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GOAT
24 majors. She’s the best, period.
🎾 Yes, it fits very well to Margaret Court; = You are the best, the ve - ery best, better than any one I've knowen. 🎾
can she beat Nadal?
@@FeRoOOo71 Talking about women. Of course she wouldn’t beat the men.
@@douglasboyd8475 She is the best in her era, 50 years ago, she couldn't beat today's female tennis players
@@FeRoOOo71
And you know that how?
How good would today’s players be with the little tiny wooden racket?
How much better would Margaret Court have been? If she had the large graphite rackets they use today?
She’s the greatest female tennis player of all time until someone beats what she did.
I'm surprised that Margaret Court won 24 GS, but how could she be no. 1 for only 325 weeks while Novak Djokovic in ATP won as many GS as Margaret Court, but he nowadays has secured 428 weeks of no. 1?
The great Chrissy Evert said Margaret court won 11 AO at the time no one played there so that's the difference in her 24 GS and now, Serena is now try to match that at least in this Modren era and THAT will happen sooner this year, at the moment let's celebrate this wonderful legend 🎾🏆👏👍.
"I don’t agree with Court. Her philosophy bothers me." Chris Evert. I personally don’t think she should have her name attached to the arena any more.” Billie Jean King. “It is now clear exactly who Court is: an amazing tennis player, and a racist and a homophobe,” Martina Navratilova.
What about all the slams that Graf won because of Seles being stabbed?
Check the seeds that Court beat at the Australian Opens. Don’t believe this crap that nobody who was ranked came.
@@andrewcameron1346 are you suggesting that all top seeds were Australians at the time?
@@sarasonsalas3472 What I’m stating is that Court beat Maria Bueno, Darlene Hard, Christine Truman, Billie Jean Moffit (King), Nancy Richey, Evonne Goolagong etc to win her Australian Opens. Australian men and women were killing it during that era. Court won it all as an amateur, retired for a year,( in her absolute prime), then came back and won it all again as a professional. She retired fully to have her fourth child. The question when trying to compare eras is not, could they compete now but could now compete then? Wooden racquets, terrible travel conditions, rudimentary medical attention etc. Court won 64 GS titles and her winning percentage is ahead of everyone, man or woman. That’s what I’m suggesting.
Surprised Billie Jean King agreed to be in a documentary about Margaret Court
I'm not surprised at all.She's as fake as fk.She's the brash brat of tennis compared to the stately sportswoman that is Margaret Court.
Well that's all about sportsmanship. You may disagree on personal terms however when it comes to playing you keep everything aside.
Why.....court never said anything bad about king.....you alphabet people just get to fucking sensitive
They actually became friends and would enjoy having an annual dinner alone together during the Wimbledon fortnight. Imagine the great stories they must have shared.
Great tennis player despite the war on her because of both her lifestyle, and social opinions.
24 Grand Slam titles says it all. One of the all time greats.
But you understand why people would object to her supporting apartheid or her comparing gay people to Nazis, right? You understand why many people who have see what she has actually said have distinguished between the rights of people to have different views and spreading hate speech?
+Al mac
Ahem .... 24 slams with an esterisk, more than half of it was before the Open Era. As we all know, before the Open Era, most players do not train full time as they are not paid to win matches, which compromise the quality of tennis then ...
@@88feji it was a level playing field for all the players. You can't take away her achievement. She has to be considered one of the greats. Whether she is better than Graf or Serena is up for debate but she is definitely in the conversation for goat status.
@@andrewsoxster8366 lol, bro, ur taking that out of context, she can have her own views, why do u care if she says gays r fked
God bless Marg ... keep on preachin' the good news sweetheart. The Lord is on ya side, ya shall not fear, e'en in the valley of the shadow of death.
What a true Australian Champion!! Well Done!!
GOAT! No question about it!
One of the goats*
There is no definitive goat in either the women's or men's game.
@@regulusarcturus In womens Margaret Court is definitive GOAT. None woman will never reach 24 Grand Slam Titles.
@@user-cy6vq6mm8l She most definitely is not the definitive GOAT.
1960 Australian Open: 32 players, 2 non-Aussies
1961 Australian Open: 44 players, 0 non-Aussies
1962 Australian Open: 48 players, 3 non-Aussies
1963 Australian Open: 39 players, 3 non-Aussies
1964 Australian Open: 27 players, 1 non-Aussie
1965 Australian Open: 52 players
1966 Australian Open: 48 players
1969 Australian Open: 32 players
1970 Australian Open: 43 players
1971 Australian Open: 30 players
1973 Australian Open: 43 players
As you can clearly see, the Australian Open was hardly even considered a Grand Slam tournament prior to the 80s which is where Court won 11 of her 24 Slams. In addition to tiny draws compared to the modern game, hardly any non-Australians played the event since the cost of traveling to Australia was too expensive for most players, even the elite ones which is why they opted not to play it at all. That in turn made it ridiculously easy for Court to inflate her Slam count and beat even weaker players in an already weak era that lacked any depth. It should also be pointed out that she won 13 of her Slams in the amateur era before tennis even became a professional sport.
The GOATs are Williams, Graf, Evert and Navratilova.
@@regulusarcturus You can underestimate Margarets achievements as you want. But 23, 22,18 and 18 < 24. The history wrote that Margret Court is the GOAT. End of story.
@@user-cy6vq6mm8l I am not underestimating her, but comparing her results from an AMATEUR era of the sport with an extremely depleted field in a time when tennis was inaccessible to everyone but wealthy white people to the modern game is simply hilarious.
By your faulty logic, Ken Rosewall is the men’s GOAT, yet Federer, Nadal and Djokovic are universally recognized as the greatest players to have ever played the game of tennis.
Court is an all time great for sure, but not the GOAT, sorry.
🎾 =Of a - all the lady's / woman tennis players, iialways did & still do have, the utmoms greatest respect to Margaret Court, as a person & as a tennis player. Simply out of this world? - my respect to you in more than just tennis! = 🎾
Congratulation!
Margaret Court = 24
Serena Williams = 23
Margaret is the GOAT unless....
What the Human Rights Law says:
Article 9: Freedom of thought, conscience and religion
1.Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion
this right include freedom to change his religion or belief and freedom, either alone or in a community with others and in public or private, to Manifest his religion or belief, in worship, teaching, practice and observance.
Who's stopping her speak, think or worship? Has she been arrested? I don't think you understand the law. It doesn't protect individuals from criticism, or even mockery, it merely protects her from being silenced by the state.
It's Margaret who wants to oppress, not the other way around.
@@Leomerya12 Lol, whom does she want to oppress??
It's interesting that the players who downgrade Margaret's fantastic achievements ,seem to be those who were her rivals, Evert and king,,( both of who,m are great talker s )
Ego's man, ego's. Why do you think Evert and Greg Norman last five minutes together, battle of the king sized egos.
King and Evert are so bitter.
They also tried to denigrate Steffi Graf.
@@carrerau7138 Sooooo not true.
@@TheVerbalVolley Evert definitely.
Evert did not “downgrade” Margaret. All she said was that she rated Serena higher and one reason she gave was the limited competition that court had when winning her 11 Australian opens. And Evert was AGAINST renaming the Margaret court arena. The only thing I have noticed is that Evert does not seem to rate Court as one of her tough(er) opponents, presumably because she herself had such a good record against Court. But that is not disrespect.
Congratulations margaret court. Well done on all your acheivements both on and off the court... God bless.
buster Brooks....Not my God......My God loves everyone...she is entitled to her opinions of course but she should keep them in the confines of her church and not where the media can show "her opinions, cause that's all they are" to the rest of the world. She, in my opinion is not a "good" Christian.
@Jean Claude... Not ironic at all
@@soozt828 Margaret does not hate homosexuals you imbecile. sure, God loves everyone......BUT he DOES punish those that sin and don't turn away from it and seek forgiveness. that's where YOU are wrong.
진정한 테니스여제이신 마가렛 코트 당신이 진정한 여제입니다! 언제나 항상 건강하시길~
Wang wang for ling ling ok
@@leo.m.brooks2848 you may have just undermined a point that supports your own. but your initial response with something you don't understand is to mock and demean it, so I already know which side of the Margaret court debate you are on ;)
@@MrBadintentionss you know your real issue is with the bible, right?
@@b1LL1eMc my issue is with what the bible does to people who allow it's scriptures to trump their own life experience.
My favourite woman player of all time power grace finesse had every shot in the book and moved like a Rolls Royce……also very attractive in her day never be anyone as good as her just the best!
Well done Margaret ❤️👌🏻🙌🏻🇦🇺🎈
The greatest female tennis player of all time!
To be considered great, you need to be great off and on the court... and not just to a certain segment of the population. But this is Australia after all - look them up.
truly degenerate people in the comments here. she doesn’t just have “difference of opinions” she fundamentally believes certain groups of people should have less rights and be demonized in society because of how they were born. she supported apartheid in south africa and said they were “dealing with the situation” much better than america. i assume by “situation” she meant black people existing. she said navratilova shouldn’t be a role model for girls after she came out as a lesbian and compares lgbt people to nazis and says they are works of the devil and has implied that they are all pedophiles. and of course doesn’t believe in their right to marry who they love. so no, it’s not “political correctness” to hate her, it’s having more than 3 brain cells and not being a raging bigot. equal rights should be a pretty basic belief by now but these comments are letting me know otherwise! she was a good tennis player, yes, but that doesn’t mean she can’t also be a pos human being!
She never said any groups should have less rights, you liar.
The facts margaret court is far above billie jean king, chris evert & martina navratilova for sure... we cant change history
... mashallah, that's so true.
Its called a Calender Grand Slam
Nope it is simply called THE GRAND SLAM. Winning all four MAJOR Tournaments in the same season is called the GRAND SLAM. (Note, I said "Season" not "Year".) Smith-Court achieved that feat in the 1970 Season just like Laver did in the 1962 and 1969 Seasons.
Congratulations Margaret
Ms Court
You are being inappropriate at this time. Back in the day you were great but it’s a new generation. And it Serena’s time.
Serena‘s time is over, thank God.
Idk whos worse Margaret Court or Serena Williams, if only Steffi Graf had the most slams. For on & off the court things Steffi is the 🐐 for me
Except that one of her fans stabbed Seles, which gave Graf an easy path to victory.
Even if Serena Williams wins 5 more grand slams she will never equal Margaret Court the greatest women's tennis player ever. She won 24 titles in only 47 grand slam appearances giving her a strike rate of 51% on the other hand Serena has won 23 titles in 74 grand slam appearances giving her a strike rate of 31% a wide gap she can never bridge.
... pls, Graf, pfffft.
What’s wrong with Serena is she to black for you?
62 grand slams WOW. She gets a lot of hate for her views on LGBT but that’s her opinion and must never overshadow her incredible legacy
No, she peddles a lot of hate and vile sanctimonious bigotry. What she gets is opposition and she deserves every bit of it.
@@mcmanustony Opposition from whom?
Lowlifes I wouldn‘t even touch with a beanpole.
@@carrerau7138 Bit of a judgmental arsehole are you not?
Court is a hate spewing bigot. She gets opposition from the community she targets with her hate....and from millions of decent people who don't hate as she does.
You're welcome.
@@mcmanustony The only hate I see is from this woke mob, the scum of the earth.
Greatest woman player.
20Fraud!
Two weeks after her grand slam she lost to 15yo Chrissie! Famous win.
A few years later Chrissie lost to 15yo Jaeger.
@@carrerau7138 she was 16 actually
I confused Jaeger with Seles.
@@kloatlanta …and Evert with Navratilova.
Margaret Court is God's women
The GOAT. No question about it.
from one of poverty view, this clumsiness in class should not be described as a weapon to prosperity of children production. your resignation will save the world of theoretical people employment and not hesitate to reject immediate laziness research. you deserved the view of this criteria.
This is what Martina Navratilova said about Margaret Court in 2017: “It is now clear exactly who Court is: an amazing tennis player, and a racist and a homophobe,”.
Margaret court is right
Margaret is entitled to her opinion just like the ones who dont like her have and opinion. Get over yourselves is my opinion
She is right. If LGBT-activists want to win confidence and respect, it is not a good way to abuse people who has another point of view. Don’t make gay quotas and destroy traditional families. She is more clever than Serena with her “racist/sexist comments” every single day.
Margaret court is right. Navratilova is wrong
I happen to know that Margaret is most certainly NOT a racist - nor is she a homophobe. Stop spreading lies about her.
A great ambassador to the game! One of the best even though she looks like ET now!! Lol
This is what Margaret Court said about Martina Navratilova in 1990: "a great player but I’d like someone at the top who the younger players can look up to. It’s very sad for children to be exposed to homosexuality. Martina is a nice person. Her life has just gone astray"
@4browsing If indeed there is a vendetta against certain people, why do you think that is? What is it about these people or others that you think get a free pass?
Btw you may have a point, and your statement infers that there's preferential treatment. Just trying to figure out what makes you think that
Shes right martina was one butch muncher or a very feminine male ahead of its time....hahahahaha
@4browsing so you think the place of origin or the political views has something to do with the preferential treatment?
I wouldn't say those are far from the truth. People tend to cover up evils that fester even within their own homes for selfish reasons or "the greater good". Not caught up on the allegations against Kobe but if those are true then it's a damn shame to such a legend of sport.
On the case of Magaret Court, I think most people are baffled not by her words and actions from years ago, but by her stance on issues like homosexuality today. I'm sure it's difficult for court to change her stance today. The older you get the more you are grounded to your own beliefs.
I think she still remains a legend of the sport. One that people can look up to for her dedication to achieving the greatest records. But I'm only seeing this from her on court achievements. Others would argue that being a legend goes outside the boundaries of the court: Maybe people should not only look to you for your athleticism, but also your acceptance of others of different backgrounds.
From where exactly did you source that quote? Please provide a link, or was it from your own ass?
@@matthewmcalister2165 www.newyorker.com/sports/sporting-scene/the-australian-open-arena-that-honors-the-tennis-legend-turned-anti-gay-bigot-margaret-court OR www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jun/03/margaret-court-astounding-champion-who-found-god-and-lost-the-respect-of-a-nation For starters. Well documented, if you would care to research for yourself.
She was and is a class act for her achievements. I'm glad she's being honoured despite the naysayers.
I’m not sure how you can say that someone who has spread hate speech by comparing gay people to Nazis and supported apartheid can be considered classy. This isn’t about someone who expresses different views - this is about someone who has spread hate speech. It is entirely appropriate to say that you support freedom of religion and freedom of speech and to say that hate speech goes beyond that.
They are trying to restore her dignity so they don't have to rename that damn' stadium. Kinda cute. 😂🤣😅
Margaret Court should not make comments about George Floyd and BLM.
@@vanlendl1 With the exception of a small echo chamber of Australian Christian fundamentalists noone really cares what Margaret Court says. 😂 But the satirical potential of the "Margaret-Court-Drama" is priceless!!
Greatest tennis player of her generation becomes religious maniac and ruins her legacy. Kind of entertaining.
@@MarioStahl1983 I do agree completely.
@@vanlendl1 👍
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i hope you all know that she also hands out food to the needy she has her own food bank in Perth Australia as well as a preacher in church.
P.S Gay or not she will still give you food.
for which she should be applauded, I agree. but that doesn't excuse her ignorance.
well she's old school and a preacher you can't blame it on her for that. she's in titled for her own opinion just like everyone else has there's across the world
@@treekelly8771 she's entitled to her opinion, but when she says things that are akin to a member of the KKK castigating black people, she must accept the backlash as well. once again, ignorance is no excuse.
@@MrBadintentionss What excuse do you have for your ignorance?
Legend!
She sadly ruined her legacy
Maybe among the woke crowd. So what?
Hag
Margaret Court complaining in this video about the media being intrusive on her personal life. What a joke! A champion at hypocrisy and bigotry.. and tennis!
Bravo for Marge...Bravo Israel Falou...
TheProBush....You are very sad. Ignorance is bliss they tell me...sounds like you are in good company though with your two mates, Margaret and the other offensive creature though.
Margaret, a true Champion! not like the imbecile McEnroe.
What Margaret Court does in probably a day for her ministries in Perth those two twits have not done in their entire lives.
Derek John - her ministries mean jack shit to the average person.
@@johnjackson4116 ... would that be the average 'gay' person. I do care about what she does, and the God she follows. God bless.
Instead of educating about homosexuality today's media, some national governments and influential people promote homosexuality. That is not bueno it starts the fire.
Imagine if Serena could've played 2 of the 4 Slams on grass... or won a grad slam for winning five rounds only... 23 open-era GS is untouchable
Two different Eras, try to image Serena playing with a wooden racket, with no Tiebreak, no Hawk-Eye, etc. Margaret played in the amateur Era and in the Open Era, also she get the year gland slam (4 mayors in one season) in 1970 (open era). Serena never had to compete against a same calibre athele, all the other players were not legend level players, maybe Venus. Margaret court played against Billie j. King, Maria Bueno, even Chris Evert. Navratilova played against Evert and Graff. Graff played against Monica Seles. Sampras played against Agassi. Nadal, Federer, Djokovic all played against each other.
Margaret has a career-winning percentage of 91.74%, wich is the best of all time.
Steffi Graff has a career-winning percentage of 88.7%.
Serena 85.1% facing lower level players.
Serena is one of the greatest of all time, but i dont think it is safe to soy she is the GOAT of female tennis.
Serena Williams still hasn't touched the 24 grand slams Margaret Court won.
That‘s nonsense, 23 open era slams is touchable.
Steffi was at 21 wins at age 27 before her bad knee derailed her career.
One tries to like her, until she comes out with her ego
Such a pity most will remember her for her hate and bigotry
Mrs BM Court and Mrs LW King, grass courts and true champions, not the obnoxious loudmouthed primadonnas we have now!
Boo.
Go erase in history
Considering it's 2020, how can you possibly heroify somebody that homophobic? Without any critical reflection they do a video about someone, who actively agitates against homosexuals. And when she gets confronted with it, she just repeats the whole nonsense self-righteous as she is.
I know she should be our next prime minister to outlaw same sex marriage
She's not homophobic at all. That's the media and guys like you spinning lies
Why? Because she has a conservative standpoint on matters like this? Can’t you tolerate people whose opinions are different to yours? That makes you a bigot
@@matthewmcalister2165 and others in these reply comments. Enough said I think. Bigotry is your deal obviously not the other way around. Sadly, you are all very homophobic and that's very obvious. God help your children and grandchildren......and you know what, God would, the God I know anyway.....unlike all the homophobes we have out there obviously.
@@eizyaws.....your head must be very deep in the sand. She is clearly homophobic and always has been. She has not hidden her disgust for homosexuality for many years and been very outspoken about it.
Australian Open is not proud of her own Champion.
Why make a video but deny it the required publicity just because your definition of inclusion is for you to be included and not for you to include others.
Shame!!!
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Hard to appreciate some local athlete who is so rude, homophobic, arrogant on so many levels & so unAustralian. Shame on you Margaret!!
Margaret, Respect your colleagues & all others, Keep your fundamental disagreements & views to yourself
She is a clergy woman, not the sort of job where people keep quiet.